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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Known for his glass sculpture






2. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil






3. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






4. Joining of two metals above 800F (most common) - the process of joining metal with a filler rod that melts at a temperature below the metal being joined - Uses a molten filler metal to crate joints. Capillary action is required to distribute the fill






5. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






6. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






7. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






8. Renowned for paintings and prints






9. Technique of shading using dots to control value






10. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






11. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






12. Something that supports a sculpture






13. An enameling technique in which thin wire partitions-cloisons-are filled with enamel. It is an art form practiced in ancient Byzantium






14. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






15. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






16. This technique is so called because its finished prints often resemble watercolors or wash drawings. It is a favorite method of printmakers to achieve a wide range of tonal values. The technique consists of exposing the plate to acid through a layer






17. Journalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was jailed; he sued - and this court case was the basis for our freedom of speech and press. He was found not guilty.






18. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






19. Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure - Fusing two pieces of material using a heat process; most commonly used with metal and plastics






20. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






21. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






22. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






23. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)






24. Where the revolving door was fully developed






25. A simple printmaking technique in which ink or paint is appleid to a metal or plastic plate - worked with various tools - and then printed onto paper using a press - roller - or other pressure.






26. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






27. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






28. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






29. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






30. Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back - leaving the impression on the face






31. Watercolor with inert white pigment mixed in. Inert pigment is pigment that becomes colorless or virtually colorless paint. In gouache - it serves to make the color opaque - which means it is used at full length - watercolor mixed with a high concent






32. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter






33. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






34. Process of smoothing metal surface witha flat or slightly round-faced hammer






35. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






36. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






37. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






38. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






39. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






40. Pale green






41. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






42. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






43. Italian 'light-dark'. The gradation of light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery; especially the illusion of rounded - three-dimensional form created through gradations of light and shade rather than line.






44. Creates blue dye






45. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






46. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






47. To raise a relief design on the surface of paper through pressure-raised paper to form image - with or without ink printed






48. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






49. A philosophical doctrine and literary and dramatic movement that insists on the existence of individuals as basic and important. believes that the world is inhernetly meaningless and individuals must find meaning in their literal - concrete existence






50. Incised engraving - the process of printing from engraved plates - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate - ex: the plate is smeared with ink and Then wiped clean. The ink left in the recesses is what makes the print.